The Microbiology Laboratory has developed many molecular and PCR-based methods that are extremely valuable in diagnosing and managing patients infected with microbes or viruses that are fastidious, slow-growing, or non-culturable.

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• Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) detection and quantification by PCR 
• Parvovirus B19 PCR detection
• BK virus detection and quantification by PCR
• JC virus detection by PCR
• Cytomegalovirus (CMV) PCR detection
• Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) PCR detection
• Hepatitis C virus (HCV) quantification by PCR
• HCV genotype identification by direct sequencing
• Hepatitis B virus quantification by PCR
• Adenovirus detection by PCR
• Enterovirus detection by PCR
• High Risk HPV detection (HC-2, Digene)
• Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophila (HGE agent) PCR detection
• Atypical pneumonia pathogen detection by PCR (Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Chlamydia pneumoniae) 
• Bacterial identification by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing
• Molecular epidemiology by PFGE or RFLP
• Staphylococcus enterotoxin and TSST-1 gene and Shiga-like toxin gene identification by PCR
• Bordetella pertussis PCR Detection